Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The Jatiya Party will join the swearing-in ceremony for the MPs-elect on Wednesday in a change of heart from an earlier decision to skip taking oath with others.

"The newly elected MPs of the Jatiya Party will take oath tomorrow [Wednesday]," its Office Secretary Mahmud Alam said in a statement on Tuesday.

He said the MPs-elect of the party will need to gather at the office of Jatiya Party Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament GM Quader in the parliament building by 10am.

Mahmud also said a meeting called for Thursday, as informed by Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu, was cancelled.

Chunnu earlier said their MPs-elect would not take oath on Wednesday. He said they would discuss the m...